tāpui
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to set aside, reserve, book, earmark.
Kāore i ārikarika te hākari i tāpuia e Ngāti Wheke o Rāpaki mā tō rātou minita (TTR 1994:156). / Ngāti Wheke of Rāpaki gifted a generous reserve for their minister.
See also whenua tāpui
Synonyms: tārewa, tauira, tīkape, whakatārewa, tahi, motuhake, taunaha, whakakawhena, tūrāhui, whakaputunga, wehe, whenua rāhui, rāhui, toe, porowhita, haumi, whakatapu
2. (modifier) reserved, set aside.
I muri iho i tēnei tohatohanga ihupuku o ngā whenua tāpui o Te Waipounamu, ka kihirua ngā whakaaro o Te Tipa, ā, ka rika ki te āwhina i a Ngāi Tahu (TTR 1990:351). / After his parsimonious allocation of South Island reserves, Mantell had a change of heart, and became eager to assist Ngāi Tahu.
See also hoa tāpui
Synonyms: nguengue, nohopuku, tōngā, wahangū, whakamōwai, memeke, rāhui, hūnguengue, whakatōngā, konekone
3. (noun) mark to indicate a claim or right to property.
Ka waiho te kākahu tōpuni hai tāpui nō aua manu (W 1971:385). / The tōpuni cloak was left as a mark to indicate the right to those birds.
whenua tāpui
1. reserve (land), land reserve.
Ka tohua kia rahi atu ngā whenua tāpui me ngā mahinga kai mā Ngāi Tahu me ōna whakatipuranga (TTR 1990:113). / Larger reserves as well as areas where food was produced or gathered were to be set aside for Ngāi Tahu and future generations.
Synonyms: porohita, wāhi porohita
tāpui tāmaka
1. (noun) distinguished leader.
He pōkēkē Uenuku i tū ai, he tāpui tāmaka i tau ai, ko whero anake e kore e tika, erangi ko whero, ko pango, ka tika (NP 2001:109). / A rainbow stands out against dark clouds as visible as a plaited boundary marker; red alone is not meaningful but red and black is (NP 2001:109). (A whakataukī describing the importance of followers to a leader. Red stands for the leader and black for the followers.)
hoa tāpui
1. (noun) close friend.
Ko te hoa tapui o taua wahine, o Henarieta, e rapu haere atu ana, e haere ana ki tō rātou whare, ka rongo i te ngunguru (TWMNT 4/5/1875:99). / The close friend of that woman, of Henrietta, was searching for her, and, as she was proceeding towards their house she heard someone groaning.
See also takatāpui
